Glee: Time Warp

In Glee’s “2009,” the first part of the two-part finale, Terri gives us this bit of wisdom: Here’s what I learned in the years since I’ve left high school. There’s who you are—and… Continue reading →

Glee: Fandom Intervention

Both parts Glee’s “The Hurt Locker” are, hands down, some of the more interesting episodes I’ve ever had the pleasure to watch. Well, pleasure and pain, since the set offers a satiric view… Continue reading →

Glee: Take (Sue) On

Say after me: it’s no better to be safe than sorry. A-HA’s famous video for “Take On Me” is one I’ll never forget. I was just a teen when it came out in ’85.… Continue reading →

Glee: Warts and All

At the start of “Tested” we’re given a WWII era newsreel about STD’s in which the doctor, with the help of Navy boys Artie, Blaine, Kurt and Sam, explains that, “An untreated STD… Continue reading →

Glee: Bright Lights, Big Ennui

“New New York” is such a lovely, complex episode. One of my favorite aspects of it is the way the characters’ stories connect around the two Petula Clark songs, starting with “Downtown”: When you’ve… Continue reading →

Glee: Parade of Ghosts

They were encouraged to take the shortcut. . . . Winter came, the Donner party got trapped, and they ate each other. Everybody discuss! Will’s quick lesson at the start of “Trio” alludes to… Continue reading →

Glee: Don’t You (Forget McKinley)

[This blog is typically spoiler-free. That means I don’t divulge or really discuss specific spoilers here. However, there’s one aspect of the rest of the season’s general direction that’s already been written about… Continue reading →

Glee: Poaching Christmas

For some, Glee’s “Previously Unaired Christmas,” would’ve been much better had it been left, you know, unaired. The fact that it’s taken me this long to rewatch and really think about it indicates that… Continue reading →

Glee: Puppets, Playboys, and a Boy Named Sue

I’ve read a lot of lovely discussion of “Puppet Master,” which I wasn’t able to add to much over the Thanksgiving holiday, but I wanted to write a little about it anyway just… Continue reading →

Glee: Dance Party

Somewhere on the road to Season 5, the New Directions’ Big Group Numbers became so big that they started to include the entire school. Even though the old guard also sang to or… Continue reading →

Glee: Private Parts

Rachel’s line to Kurt, upon seeing his revised tattoo, “That is genius! That makes no sense. And yet it makes perfect sense,” nicely captures Season 5’s “The End of Twerk.” It may also… Continue reading →

Glee: Marrying an Idea

There’s a lot of talk in “A Katy or a Gaga” about girl- or boy-next-door types versus what Will calls “ambi-edge,” and even if there isn’t really that big of a difference between… Continue reading →